Vietnamese were less concerned about being free than kicking out foreigners.
They even went to war with the communist Chinese shortly after the fall of Saigon.
That said, it's currently easier to open and run a business in former Saigon than New York City...
So say you - and when were you there?
The villagers I saw every day I was there didn't want a thing to do with the VC or the NVA - they just wanted to be free to live their own lives. They knew why were there, most of them - and they were worth protecting.